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TIL that Ted Turner planned to colorize Citizen Kane, but scrapped the project after Orson Welles’ dying wish was “Don’t let Ted Turner deface my movie with his crayons.”

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dDxg9 TIL the highspeed rail in Indonesia is called "Whoosh"
neowG TIL: Pringles are not truly a potato chip but a "potato crisp" as they are made from a dough and fried. The can was developed by a engineer who wrote Fantasy Fiction and used a super computer to assure the shape and size of the can for minimum breakage on movement.
nWJVb TIL that during WWII, the British government implemented Operation Pied Piper, evacuating over 3 million children from cities to rural areas to protect them from bombings. These "evacuees" were sent away from their families, impacting communities but ensuring their safety.
9YxkB TIL that 20 people once saved a man performing CPR for 96 minutes, rotating positions while keeping the compressions going. This happened in a Minnesota grocery store in 2011
awv5M TIL that between 1866 and 1871 the Fenians, a group of republican Irishmen who fought in the American Civil War, tried to invade Canada in order to use it as ransom against the UK in order to liberate Ireland.